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Several China-based corporate venture investors backed a large round valuing lithium-ion battery Shanghai Shanshan material producer at $1.5bn. The deal highlights the importance of battery technologies not only for the emerging kind of mobility applications but for the process of energy transition as a whole.

Corporations piled into the recruitment cloud platform’s $2.8m round, an indication of how SaaS technology is rapidly gaining a foothold at Japanese companies.

Coinbase is among the investors helping the new NFT exchange provide alternatives to OpenSea.

The Global Corporate Venturing deal net rounds up the smaller investments from across the corporate innovation ecosystem.

Fresh funding for the EV battery company comes as Chinese automotive players are ramping up mobility investment efforts.

Shopify’s takeover of the logistics services provider will help close the gap with larger rivals like Amazon.

Coinbase’s acquisition of the Brazil-based cryptocurrency brokerage was stymied as negotiations fell through.

The Global Corporate Venturing deal net rounds up the smaller investments from across the corporate innovation ecosystem.

Q&A with Mike Lim, head of venture investments at Cisco Investments and corporate development for Cisco Collaboration

Automaker Porsche has led the SK Materials, Amperex, Showa Denko Cabot and BASF-backed EV battery technology provider’s fresh round to help advance the EV industry.

Nasdaq, Coinbase, Citi, NAB and Chicago Trading Company were among the participants in the crypto data company's latest round.